It was the first day of August’s class for this session. It is the same teacher as his previous Monday class, just a bit earlier.
He slept less than nine hours though so he took a nap this morning. It wasn’t a long nap, however, and it was clear he was still tired. He then cuddled with me on the couch for the next forty to fifty minutes before waking up enough to eat and go to class.
Not much to say about the class as it is pretty much the same as the last class. There are only four kids (including August) in it, and the others all seem younger.
After class we played in the playground. He can now go down the slide from halfway on his own.
We went home and he fell asleep again. It was a monster nap: nearly two hours and fifty minutes. It made up for the missed sleep last night and this morning as he woke up in much better shape.
While he was asleep I worked on further baby proofing the living room, moving wires and base stations and power cords around.
He ate some more and then we quickly got ready to go outside and walked to meet Carly halfway along her walk and walk home together.
He stayed up a bit late this evening, but it wasn’t too bad. He was in fine playing form, playing both by himself and with us.
His accomplishments for the day:
– Going down the second half of the slide by himself. He went down while sitting, turned around on his hands and knees, and sideways. Kind of sideways seems to be his favorite.
– Eating yogurt (his first dairy) and dipping food in it. I started giving it to him by dipping Cheerios in it. He caught on and dipped Cheerios, strawberries, and carrots.
– Unzipping the milk carrier. I zipped it up to keep him from the ice pack, which he loves to play with. I turned away for a couple seconds and when I turned back he was unzipping the whole thing. Totally caught me off guard as it didn’t seem like something he should be able to do. He didn’t repeat the stunt, so it may have been a fluke, but we will see.
– Putting away all the blocks. This evening he took the can of flat blocks and opened it by shaking it upside down. We played with them for awhile and he started putting a few back in the can. I turned away, and when I paid attention to him again I realized the were all in the can except two or three. I made sure he knew where they were and he put those in as well. He then took the lid and tried to put it on.
– Trying/starting to say ‘chin’ and ‘river’. We will see if they stick. ‘Squishy’, from yesterday seems to be sticking. He has also tried to say ‘Pororo’ at one point but it didn’t stick. And he hasn’t seemed to extend using ‘baby’ beyond the one book he uses it with.
We begin with the long cuddle after the short nap:
Class:
On the slide:
Still asleep after two and a half hours:
Waking up:
Eating yogurt:
Playing with mama:
Pointing out a bird in his new (since yesterday) favorite book, Biscuit’s Picnic:
Putting the lid on the blocks after filling the can:
Finally, our newly organized living room. All the electronics plugged in in one spot:
